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Horsfieldia iryaghedhi
Horsfieldia iryaghedhi is a species of plant in the Myristicaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
From the article Horsfieldia iryaghedhi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
Known as "ruk - රුක්" in Sinhala. In Theravada Buddhism, this plant is said to have used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by sixteenth buddha called "Piyadassi - පියදස්සි". The plant is known as කුකුධ (Kukudha) in Sanskrit.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Culture”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 193514.